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Characters, words, pinyin or English

纪 jì discipline

discipline; age; period; record

How to remember 纪: 纟 thread + 己 self = discipline. The girl ties a red thread round her wrist to train her self-control, and after a month of piano her teacher praises her discipline.

  • 584. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 6 strokes
  • Radical 糸

Component breakdown

纪 = 纟 thread + 己 self

  • 纟 thread
  • 己 self
The Gushi story

The girl ties a red thread round her wrist to train her self-control, and after a month of piano her teacher praises her discipline.

How it is used

  • Bound; a period/record/discipline. 世纪 (shìjì) century, 年纪 (niánjì) age (of a person).
  • 年纪 (niánjì) is age in the sense of how old someone is (上了年纪, getting on in years), distinct from 年龄 (niánlíng), the formal figure on a form.
  • 纪律 (jìlǜ) discipline; 纪念 (jìniàn) to commemorate; 纪录 (jìlù) a record.

Words with 纪

Example sentences

  • 人类已经进入21世纪。 Rénlèi yǐjing jìnrù èrshíyī shìjì.Mankind has entered the twenty first century.